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SABRINA HARMAN: The first thing that I noticed was this guy, he had underwear on his head and he was handcuffed backwards to a window. And they were pretty much asking him questions. And then there was another guy who was fully dressed in another cell who they were interrogating also, or I guess they had already interrogated. That's the first time I started taking photos.
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SABRINA HARMAN: Well, I took a photo—My first one was taking a photo of Taxi Cab—Well, the prisoner's name is Taxi Cab Driver, that's his nickname, and he's the one with the underwear on his head and cuffed backwards, and that was the first photo I took. And then they moved his position to the bed, and that was another one I took. And then I took one of—Which I don't think has been released, it's still on my hard drive, but it's of the other prisoner, with just clothes on, laying on his bed. And those are the first ones that I took that day.
ERROL MORRIS: Were you taking pictures before you ever went there?
SABRINA HARMAN: Oh, yeah. I had a regular camera, but that was in Al Hillah I was taking photos.
ERROL MORRIS: But you were taking even photos before you went in the Army?
SABRINA HARMAN: Randomly I would, yeah.
ERROL MORRIS: Why did you have this urge right from the beginning? Because it was so weird, or...?
SABRINA HARMAN: I don't know, it's just—It's kind of hard to believe if I come up to you and I'm like, "Hey, this is going on," you probably wouldn't believe me unless I had something to show you. So if I say, "Hey, this is going on. Look, I have proof," you can't deny it, I guess." data-initial-playlist="This week in the magazine, Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris write about Sabrina Harman, a U.S. Army specialist who took photographs at Abu Ghraib and was convicted by court-martial for her conduct there. Harman sat for nine hours of interviews with Morris for his movie "Standard Operating Procedure." Here is an excerpt from their interview on December 10, 2006. A transcript follows below the video.">
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These tender muffins are pretty and flavorful and topped with a delightful streusel. They are wonderful served with fresh fruit.Pam Ivbuls, Omaha, Nebraska
- 1-1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1-1/2 cups cake flour
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1-1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3 medium)
- 1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) sour cream
- 3 eggs
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/3 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons cold butter
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine first seven ingredients. In another bowl, combine bananas, sour cream, eggs and butter. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
- Fill greased or paper-lined jumbo muffin cups two-thirds full. For streusel, in a small bowl, combine flour, sugars and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly; stir in pecans. Sprinkle over tops.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Yield: 1 dozen.
Originally published as Jumbo Banana-Pecan Muffins in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p115
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I suggested that they heat in microwave for 15 seconds. Thank You for the great recipe
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Last month we asked how CME providers feel about the idea of their accreditor, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, getting active on social media. With only 23 responses, it was hardly a scientific poll, but the results nonetheless were interesting.
Almost 60 percent said they would welcome another channel to communicate with the ACCME, and 36 percent said that all organizations, including ACCME, should be monitoring and responding to social media mentions. However, 23 percent said it would make them hesitate to participate if they knew ACCME was listening—and one person commented, "They may already be lurking and we don't even know it."
When asked how they would like to see the ACCME engage in social media, communicating on an official ACCME LinkedIn page was the big winner at 70 percent, followed closely, at 65 percent, by continuing to add videos to the ACCME channel. More than half said they'd like to see the ACCME start a blog, though only 22 percent wanted to read ACCME's comments on related blogs. Each receiving about 26 percent of the votes were to have ACCME tweet updates, participate in LinkedIn community group discussions, hold Google+ Hangouts on various topics, and create a Pinterest board for accreditation-related topics. People were less keen on the idea of the ACCME creating an official Google+ page (17 percent), and only 9 percent were interested in having ACCME representatives participate in industry Twitter hashtag discussions.
About half of the respondents said that they did not believe today's socially networked environment affects the relationship between accreditors and the accredited. As one said, "It could, but I have not seen evidence that it does." Another said "No, there is no effect. I expect the ACCME to continue to be conservatively refrained with its responses." A provider's relationship with an accreditor should be affected by whether or not the accreditor is socially engaged, argued another, because "We should always approach social media as if you are standing on a street corner shouting into a megaphone. Always assume anyone and everyone can and will read/listen to what you are sharing." As several noted, the ACCME likely already is.
Those who believe it is affecting the relationship had this to say: "Accreditors have lost some of their power to scare the accredited. The accredited view the accreditors as more reasonable. However, this may be creating a false perception. We'll be left wondering, 'What's the real ACCME?'" As they indicated previously, some found the idea that ACCME may be lurking a little disconcerting, saying that not knowing what is being monitored by whom make them want to be less open on their social networks. On the other hand, another person noted that it provides an opportunity for more transparency and two-way communication. But maybe that's not such a good thing? One responder notes that while social media interactions may improve communication between organizations, communications with accrediting organizations should remain through official channels.
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Worst service I have ever had anywhere – July 4, 2010, I had the worst experience ever in a restaurant anywhere. My wife and I were hungry and saw the Mandarin Palace among a few other restaurants all on the same side of the street. We looked at the menus posted on their doors and decide to try the Mandarin. The restaurant was nearly empty when we walked in, and I immediately second guessed myself about our choice. The waitress seemed friendly and, when we ordered the asparagus chicken soup, she nodded and said: "That is good, I like it myself". We wanted to order the crispy duck, but wondered if it would take a very long time for the chef to prepare the dish. She assured us that it would not take very long. So we order the duck along with kung pao chicken.
The soup was soon served. We discovered shortly that it was not the asparagus chick soup we ordered, but the chicken corn soup. We did not bother to complain, the chicken corn suited us fine too. A few minute later, the waitress brought the king pao chicken. The portion was large and it tasted well. The crispy duck was still nowhere to be seen after we had already finished the kung pao chicken. We thought it was going to take some time after all, she told us otherwise only because she wanted us to order the relatively more expensive dish. So we waited. Finally, she approached us again and handed us the CHECK with two fortune cookies. I was flabbergasted and, after a few seconds of hesitation, asked her highness where the duck was. She said: "oh, I forgot, I am sorry" and began to take the check off the table. I told her to leave the check there, we were leaving. We paid for whatever we ate and, believe it or not, even left some tip. I did not want to leave any tip at all, but just could not bring myself to do it.
With only two tables of customers to serve, she still could not do her job.
The positive side of this is that I now have an interesting story to share with my friends for a few laughs.
best place in the city – You have to try this place out. The food was delicious!! This place is easily my favorite spot. Ever since i been coming here i have no bad comments except for the time i had to wait longer than usual because they were busy, but the wait was worth it. My recommendation is the fried dumplings, beef ho fun, gen tso, Thai curry shrimp, and Malaysian fried rice. these are just my usual orders but I'm sure there are better selections. There price was also reasonable compared to the surrounding restaurants.
Best Gen Tso's chicken in the city. If you miss Noodle Heaven, give Mandarin Palace a shot .
Sanitation issue - and they laughed! – I ordered a dinner combination special from this place, and got soup along with it. So as I lifted the spoon to my mouth, I saw an insect! A huge c*ckroach!
I called up the driver immediately, and he forwarded me to the manager. When I spoke about the issue, she put me on hold for 10 minutes and I could hear her conversing to her peers, all the while there was laughter in the background! She told me many people think scallions look like c*ckroaches. Why would there be a scallion in simple wonton soup?? I told her I could see the legs, the eyes, the wings, it was upside down and dead! She started yelling, telling me "they have a business to run." I said, "I'm the customer, there is no business without customers!" So, after a brief argument, I told her to eat it herself. I also said I wanted my money back. She said she would return my money, on one condition - if I returned the contaminated food. I hung up, called up the Sanitation department of Philadelphia, and now I'm going to wait to see what happens. I have the soup in my freezer, because this is MY evidence. It won't get thrown out over $21 bucks. No way. Getting my money back won't solve the issue regarding the filth in their kitchen. This will be resolved, and I better get my money back asap.
went here for lunch today and my first impression was a little weird cause the place has slightly overdone decor (paper lanterns everywhere) and i think they need to air the place out a little and let some light in.
but the food was surprisingly good. we had lunch specials chicken in garlic sauce and general's chicken (sauteed not fried), with brown rice and egg roll. it was all very good and better than all the other chinese places i've been to within a 4 block radius.
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The House Democratic Office said 1,780 bills were submitted for this session, down from an average of just over 2,000 for the first sessions of the preceding nine Legislatures. The number is expected to shrink as bills are dropped or merged.
Assistant Senate Minority Leader Roger Katz, R-Augusta, and Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland, have submitted bills that would move the state toward meeting its statutory mandate to give 5 percent of revenues to municipalities in sharing agreements.
LePage's biennial budget proposal would eliminate revenue sharing, totaling $400 million over the next two budget years. Katz, a former Augusta mayor, opposes that.
"I'm certainly sensitive to the burden this would place on larger communities as well as very small towns," Katz said. "For those of us who don't think eliminating revenue sharing is a good idea, it's incumbent upon us to come up with other alternatives, and that's the challenge in the months ahead."
A bill from Alfond would go further, putting the revenue sharing target in a compact and making it difficult for the state to break.
Revenue sharing has been raided routinely over the past four years to balance state budgets, according to the Maine Municipal Association, which said $44 million was taken out for this fiscal year.
"It's not a fair deal if we keep raiding it," Alfond said. "Just like when we talk about businesses, they need to have the sustainable and predictable ways to plan for the future. Why wouldn't we do the same for our communities?"
As Democrats tout research and development and education investments, House Minority Leader Kenneth Fredette, R-Newport, said he has submitted three bills proposing more than $27 million in higher-education bonds.
The bill titles released Monday show that lawmakers have proposed 33 general fund bonds, a number that's sure to be pared down. The borrowing would need approval from voters and LePage.
Fredette said his proposals are targeted: $15 million for upgrades to Maine community colleges, $7.9 million for a new agriculture building at the University of Maine and $4.5 million toward a new science facility at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine.
"It is focused on students and it's focused on what the economy needs," he said. "More importantly, as a Republican putting your name on a bond, it shows that we understand there's a need -- an unmet need (in the economy) -- and we're willing to work with Democrats."
House Majority Leader Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, submitted a bill "to provide tax fairness" to middle-class and working families. He said the bill's language hasn't been finalized, but the proposal will examine state and local tax burdens to ensure that taxes are based on "ability to pay," not leaning too heavily on property taxes.
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As Kentucky limped into the SEC Tournament with 9 losses and a 1-3 record in its last four regular-season games, John Calipari announced that he'd come up with a "tweak" that would hopefully change the Wildcats' fortunes in the postseason. The tweak worked, apparently. The Cats made it to the SEC tourney final before losing to Florida by a point. Then they won five straight in the NCAA Tournament before falling to UConn in the national title game.
So what was Calipari's tweak? UK's coach appeared on "CBS This Morning" earlier today. As CollegeBasketballTalk.com points out, he there revealed that the tweak was actually a simple request that point guard Andrew Harrison pass the ball more and shoot the ball less:
"I showed Andrew (tapes of NBA point guard Deron Williams). I said, 'Look at this, let's watch. Would you have passed or shot?' He said, 'I would have shot.' Would you have or shot? Well, Deron was throwing ball to everybody.
And so, I said, 'Monday, you will not shoot one basketball. You will pass, we're gonna run these plays, you will create shots. We will chart; we're not telling our team.' He comes in, he has 26 assists attempts, 21 assists that Monday, I'm mad the whole practice because it changed our team. Why didn't I do it earlier? And then I apologized to him. I apologized to the team and I said, 'I screwed this up, make me look good now.'"
Now, you know very well that a light bulb didn't suddenly come on for Calipari. You can be sure he tried to coax Harrison into shooting less and passing more for much of the season, not just at tourney time. But Calipari's handling of the situation — the tournaments give us a new chance to adjust, we've struggled not because of you but because of me, etc — was perfect.
Kentucky's coach is often saddled with the tag of "great recruiter, so-so coach." Heck, as his team kept dropping regular-season games this year there were plenty of Big Blue fans who made that exact point on messageboards, Twitter and talk radio. But the reality is Calipari has been able to make deep tournament runs with freshmen-heavy teams in four of his five seasons in Lexington. That takes a good coach. And whether it's on the court or playing a few mind games with his team off it, Calipari has proven himself to be a very, very good coach.
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…Qhaddafi pulls me back in.
It's just not fair. I was on self-imposed exile, attemting to teach myself HTML, CSS and Photoshop design in order to redo this blog once and for all and not count on other people's empty promises again, and all I wanted was one more day free of blogging. Just one. but noooo… Can't have that.Not with Qhaddafi duck around.
So, apparently, my personal favorite middle-eastern leader was up to his old antics of ruining yet another Arab League meeting by acting crazy, by disrupting the opening session in order to insult the current Saudi King, calling him a "liar" (check), a "british product" (check) and an "american ally" (check checkity check). And yes, apprently in the world of the arab league, being called an american ally is an insult nowadays. Anyway..So the Emir of Qatar- always the savvy diplomat- switches the Mic of Qhaddafi off, because, as wel all know, when you do that, Qhaddafi shuts up? Ehh..no…her usually storms out. Only this time, he did it with style:
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Unfortunately for my friend, she is very very wrong, for brother Qhaddafi was appointed King of Kings of Africa by a bunch of african tribal kings, whom he surely paid handsomely for the honor. You see, he is the brotherly elader of Libya, but he is also the Tribal King of Kings. Two different titles. Two different jobs. Plus, it is generally not advisable to use logic when attempting to understand the working of the mind of the great Duck. You see, attempting to understand Qhaddafi logic is like attempting to understand God Logic: his ways are beyond our feeble and limited comprehension.
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Pro Bowl rosters once again open the door for debate
The NFL unveiled its 2013 Pro Bowl rosters on Wednesday night, with this season's game set for Jan. 27, 2013, in Hawaii. The Pro Bowl voting is split three ways, with the fan vote, coaches vote and players vote each comprising 1/3 of the process.
A few thoughts on the selections:
• Continuing the quarterback debate
Your starting QBs: Peyton Manning in the AFC and Aaron Rodgers in the NFC. Manning beat out Tom Brady and Matt Schaub for the honor, while Rodgers earned the nod over Matt Ryan and Robert Griffin III. Manning over Brady will open more eyes, especially considering the fierce Offensive Player of the Year and MVP debates that are ongoing right now.
Schaub's inclusion, meanwhile, is an interesting one. The Texans' quarterback currently has fewer passing yards than Andrew Luck or Joe Flacco and fewer TD passes than Andy Dalton, Philip Rivers and even Ben Roethlisberger. Of course, if the Colts do not make it to the Super Bowl, Luck probably will head to Hawaii — he's the AFC's first alternate at quarterback and, for starters, Manning might skip simply to ensure he stays healthy.
In the NFC, it's hard to argue with any of the three choices, though it may be worth pointing out that the league's three passing yardage leaders (Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford and Tony Romo) were all left off the roster. Brees also has an NFL-best 39 touchdowns.
• Did a possible PED suspension do in Richard Sherman?
The Seahawks' cornerback, who currently is appealing a four-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, reportedly finished third in the fan vote at cornerback for the NFC — putting him in great shape to claim a spot.
However, he was left off the roster in favor of Charles Tillman, Tim Jennings and Patrick Peterson. Tillman has been a game-changer for the Bears, but it's harder to make a non-PED-related argument for either Jennings or (even more so) Peterson over Sherman.
Also snubbed here: Minnesota's Antoine Winfield.
• So … about that Jeff Saturday choice …
The 14-year veteran, in his first season with the Packers after 13 in Indianapolis, pulled big numbers from the fan-vote portion of the Pro Bowl proceedings. The problem? Saturday has been pretty mediocre all year — so much so that Green Bay benched him last week.
Saturday is the NFC's second center behind Seattle's Max Unger, but there may not be a less deserving member on the rosters.
• Why so many Chiefs?
The Kansas City Chiefs are 2-13 this season … and still put five guys on the Pro Bowl roster, matching what Denver earned. Running back Jamaal Charles will represent K.C.'s offense, with OLB Tamba Hali, ILB Derrick Johnson, S Eric Berry and punter Dustin Colquitt rounding out the Chiefs representatives.
In case you're keeping track, that is three starters off a Chiefs defense that ranks 25th in the league in points allowed. Hali has not really even been the best outside linebacker on his own team — Justin Houston probably topped him through the season's first 16 weeks. And while Berry has stepped up lately (not coincidentally, he's getting better with each passing week post-knee ACL surgery), San Diego's Eric Weddle and Buffalo's Jairus Byrd easily could have claimed spots here.
• A tough job picking receivers
The NFC's receivers: Calvin Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Julio Jones and Victor Cruz.
The AFC's: A.J. Green, Andre Johnson, Reggie Wayne and Wes Welker.
Expect people to have far less issue with the AFC roster (where Demaryius Thomas is really the only notable omission) than the NFC one. Jones has fewer catches and fewer yards than his own teammate, Roddy White, while Cruz is 12th in the league in receptions and has nearly 300 yards fewer than Dallas' Dez Bryant this season.
New Orleans' Marques Colston (78 catches, 1,102 yards, eight TDs) and Tampa Bay's Vincent Jackson (No. 4 in the league with 1,334 yards) had very legitimate arguments for roster spots. One more NFC player you could argue for here: Green Bay's Randall Cobb, who has more than 2,300 all-purpose yards this season.
• Eight teams shut out
The Titans, Raiders, Chargers, Bills, Rams, Eagles, Panthers and Jaguars are all without a Pro Bowl representative at the moment — although as we know, lots of these roster spots can and will change due to injuries, Super Bowl appearances or other reasons between now and late January.
I already mentioned Byrd above but, for my money, the one guy off those eight rosters who should have heard his name called Wednesday was Buffalo running back C.J. Spiller. He was undone by the Bills' unwillingness to give him the No. 1 job all season; Spiller had to split that role with Fred Jackson.
• For Rob Gronkowski, 10 games are all it takes
Despite playing just 10 games this season, Gronkowski is penciled in as the AFC's starter at tight end. He still leads that position in touchdown catches (10) and is tied for sixth in the league in that stat. Still, could an argument be made that he has not played enough this season to earn the Pro Bowl nod?
The AFC's other tight end, Heath Miller, tore up his knee last week, so he won't play in the game. Which leads us to …
• Keep an eye on alternates
Players who make it to the Super Bowl automatically are replaced on the Pro Bowl roster. That caveat plus injuries knocked 25 of the initial Pro Bowl participants out of the 2012 game.
Players who suffered major injuries in recent years, like Manning, Adrian Peterson and Eric Berry, may play the injury card to bail on the January showcase. Miller's absence at tight end in the AFC should pave the way for Houston's Owen Daniels — though the Texans could make the Super Bowl and Daniels himself has dealt with injuries all year.
• Not much love for the rookies
Only two members of the NFL's 2012 class (RGIII and Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh) are on the initial Pro Bowl roster. Luck did not miss out by much, but first-year guys like Washington RB Alfred Morris, Tampa Bay RB Doug Martin, several defensive players like Tampa Bay LB Lavonte David and (to a lesser extent, due to a loaded position group) Walsh's teammate, OT Matt Kalil, had legitimate cases.
• Ndaumkong Suh's reputation may have ruined him
Because he quickly has turned into one of the NFL's most hated players (and because Detroit is 4-11 with a defense that folded late in close games), Suh has been overlooked this season. But he and Nick Fairley formed one of the NFL's best defensive tackle duos, with Suh recording eight sacks and leading the league in quarterback hits (insert joke here) at 19, according to Pro Football Focus.
That said, which of the NFC's three interior linemen would you boot to make room for Suh? Tampa Bay's Gerald McCoy had a sensational season, as did Chicago's Henry Melton. And San Francisco's Justin Smith is one of the more important defensive players in the league, with relation to the impact he has on his team's defense.
Still, Suh, an alternate for the game, is far from a fan favorite outside Detroit — and we know well that the league's players are not exactly fond of him either.
The only all star game that is legit is baseball's. In every other major sports all star game no one plays defense. Football, Basketball or Hockey.
I think the pro-bowl has got to be the biggest joke of the major sports when it comes to selection. Jeff Saturday, of course, is the pefect poster child for this issue demonstrating, once again, way too many times it's all about name recognition and high-light reels and not quality play.
lol.. chiefs
Rose Bowl always attracts controversies for all the wrong reasons.
Rose Bowl always attracts controversies for all the wrong reasons.
Let the Chiefs have a bunch of players in the pro-bowl. They're not going to the playoffs, and they have loyal fans. Throw 'em a sop.
Isn't Sea-Bass the best kicker in the universe?
Schaub is an excellent choice because of what he does to help the team win. Who cares if his passing yards are less than other QB's?
Bob Griese and Terry Bradshaw never had huge passing yard stats, and they are both in the hall of fame.
The game is played on grass/turf, not paper....
Give us a break! The entire roster of the NFL (excepting those chosen) was left off. Every one in the NFL is a pro. This could be (and apparently will be) argued until next year. But it won't change the ones chosen this year. Happy new year, everyone.
No Randall Cobb?????!!! This is a travesty....
Tim Jennings leads the league in interceptions. Charles Tillman has been an outstanding coverage guy on top of the forced fumbles. This stuff happens: sometimes good players get left off the Pro Bowl roster because a position is especially stacked.
You left out another rookie that was overlooked. Who is the leading tackler in the league right now?
the Pro Bowl is meant to be a joke. It is to allow the players a chance to goof off while the announcers talk about all their impressive statistics. I do agree the college verses Pro's game should be added in. To do that I would say the pro bowl should be 1. After the Super Bowl. 2. After hard core Pro Bowl and no playing safe... You have the winning team take on all star college players. Because even when before a super bowl they play it safe. Well if you put it after Super Bowl then there is no reason to play safe.
Last year's Pro Bowl was a disgrace. The linemen would all stand up at the snap and lean against each other until the play was over. I watched for a few minutes and then found something better to do.
You can't blame the guys, though. Why risk injury in an exhibition game that has nothing to do with team building, roster positions or anything else? And nobody cares who wins anyway.
I like the idea of one big-time college all-star game with players selected based on expected draft position and every NFL team has representatives on hand. Sort of an NFL Combine with live fire.
Make sure everybody who shows up gets playing time, and make the outcome financially important to them, too, with a significant bonus for winning.
It's a lot easier to get attention as a good player on a bad team than as a good player on a good team, where you are playing next to a lot of quality talent.
While the Jeff Saturday pick is questionable at best (he's the second best center in the NFC, and also the second best center on the Packers?), he was still a very good signing. He is an absolute professional who helped hold things together while the Packers offensive line went through a lot of injury difficulties.
Casey Hayward, rookie DB for Green Bay. An article recently said he was worthy of the Pro Bowl if not All-Pro.
Just like the kickoff in the NFL the Pro Bowl should be banned--to cut down on concussions yes but more to cut down on all the hype generated by a game that is stupid by any yardstick. It's stupid because talented or not you cannot play a decent game with a week or two of practice together so the fans are just getting taken to the cleaners.
Who cares? The so-called pro-bowl is a joke amongst players and fans alike. Time for the return of the all star college vs pros game.
I wonder why eagles Alex Henery didn't make it considering he has to kick without benefit of a dome in his home games
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You know, being a real professional has much more to it than just skills...
@arbarnhart If ur talking about luke Kue"howevery u spell it". he was awesome for fantasy points. but has a hard time covering people. he's not a complete defender YET. plenty of potencial with his burst ability and tunnel vision focus for the ball.
@Jimatmad Your idea of a College all-star game is what the NCAA calls the Senior Bowl..(which to me is a joke as many of the best prospects are underclassmen) but the week before the game is basically a combine with many NFL personal there to evaluate.
I'm talking about the comment about Ndaumkong Suh not being nominated.
I like your confidence that we really care.


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In February, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provides for a one-time payment of $250 to people who get Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits. Checks should start arriving early this month. Vice President Joe Biden promised to get these checks "out the door in record time and into the hands of folks who need it most." More than $13 billion will be paid to more than 50 million Americans… [5/5/09]
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Proposed reassessment unfair
As to commercial properties, it seems that there are two options: Reassessments on corporate commercial properties only, or commercial properties whether owned by corporations or individuals. We owned a manufacturing business that had to close after 50 years for many reasons. We owned three adjoining buildings where the plant was located. The largest property was sold to pay off all the debts of the business when it closed; we refused to declare bankruptcy. The other two we kept for our retirement income. We had no other income except for Social Security, which was low due to our taking rather low salaries. The proposed property tax reassessment on commercial property is not fair, either to us as retirement income or when we had our small struggling business. When we bought our house in Granada Hills in 1972 -- our dream house to raise our four kids -- we almost lost it. Large homes north of us were being built and selling for a much larger sum than we had paid or could afford. So our property taxes were going to be raised in 1975 to the prices of these homes, nearly a $4,000 increase in one year; we would have had to sell. Thanks to Prop. 13, we still have our home. The current level of assessment, a limit of 2 percent per year, is fair.
-- Sharon L. Underwood, Granada Hills
Voters will fight back
Proposition 13 was passed to prevent the state and cities from using the parcel tax as an unlimited source of income whenever the government needed revenue. If the politicians start to tinker with Prop. 13, residents and businesses will forcefully block any effort to make changes and will turn the tables on the politicians. How about 0 percent increase per year and no increases when properties are sold?
-- Jon Vanderjagt, Westchester
Consumers will pay
Who ultimately pays all the taxes? The consumer does. A "split roll" property tax or any other form of commercial property tax increase will be paid by you and me. California now has some of the highest income, gasoline, sales and business taxes in the country. That isn't enough for Sacramento? Keep in mind what H.L. Mencken once said: "All government in its essence is organized exploitation and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well disposed man."
-- Dale Roehrkasse, Glendale
Close corporate loophole
I am a senior homeowner and a widow. I live in the 7th Ward in the city of San Bernardino. There are areas of Proposition 13 that should be revisited or redone, especially those areas that don't have to do with keeping taxes low for those of us who are grandfathered-in. The original intent of the proposition was to maintain a level of taxation that allowed folks to have a home for as long as they were able to live on their own. I don't believe it was meant to provide a loophole for corporations to sidestep reassessment. That loophole should be closed.
-- Dianne Stacey, San Bernardino
Renters would be hurt
Proposition 13 has secured a stable income for myself and others without having to substantially increase the rental price to those renting. By adjusting Prop. 13, rental prices can only increase and owners will be forced to sell and move their rental property investments to another state.
-- Bill Ruzgis, Long Beach
Strengthen Prop. 13
The only tinkering with Proposition 13 should be to strengthen its protections. Property taxes were to be capped at 1 percent of assessed value plus 2 percent annual value increases. Instead, we have many added items, in my case bringing assessment to 1.35 percent of assessed value. This is driving people out of Los Angeles and California. The burden continues to increase dramatically for senior citizens and others on fixed and limited incomes. Parcel taxes for anything, including schools and libraries, should continue to require two-thirds approval vote. A simple majority should not be permitted as it weakens Prop. 13 protections and many of those approving are renters and non-property owners who will not pay for the assessment.
-- Judy Sherman, Sylmar
Worth a political fight?
Though there is a desire by many politicians to blame Prop. 13 for the financial woes of local governments, it seems like an annual right of passage for some. We should be wary, but let's get the story straight first. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, like some other Democrats in the Assembly is probably misinformed about the real impact of Prop. 13 on commercial property. Let's take a look at the city of Glendale for example. In 1978, the property tax revenues was just under $6 million. By 2011, the property tax revenue had increased to $80 million. That increase is more than a 1,200 percent increase in revenues while the inflation rate went up by 353 percent. How would the assemblyman square that data?
So Prop. 13 could not have been the culprit for the budgetary shortfall. Prop. 13 allows for re-assessment of property when the owner dies or the property is sold. It has been over 30 years since the law was enacted and millions of property owners have passed on along with their properties. In Glendale, thousands of single-family homes gave way to apartment buildings, increasing the property values of each parcel by more than 1,000 percent. New, large commercial buildings have sprung up bringing in huge amounts of property-tax revenue. The combination of these factors show up in large property tax revenue. So where is the problem?
-- Herbert Molano, Glendale
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Calcific tendinitis; Bicipital tendinitis
Definition of Tendinitis
Tendinitis is inflammation, irritation, and swelling of a tendon, which is the fibrous structure that joins muscle to bone. In many cases, tendinosis (tendon degeneration) is also present.
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Constitution Class Starships
The purpose of this article is to explore the number of Constitution class starships in existence during the TOS era, identify as many of them as possible by name, and list the episodes in which they appear or are mentioned. It will investigate both canon and non-canon sources. As usual, any corrections or additions should be emailed via the button below.
The Making of Star Trek
The book 'The Making of Star Trek' by Stephen E. Whitfield contains considerable detail about the original series. The author had access to the production crew and included several passages describing aspects of Star Trek technology and Starfleet. It includes the following direct quotation from Gene Roddenberry :
'In addition to the twelve starships, there are lesser classes of vessels, capable of operating over much more limited distances.'
Note that the book refers to 'twelve starships', not 'twelve Constitution Class starships'. During TOS 'starship' was a description that applied only to what we would later come to be the Constitution class. Even the dedication plaque of the USS Enterprise supports this idea :
Episode Evidence
Canon support for the idea of twelve Constitution class Starships in the fleet comes in the episode 'Tomorrow is Yesterday'. The Enterprise is thrown through time and space after an encounter with a 'black star'. The ship finds itself in Earth's atmosphere in the year 1969. Disabled and struggling to make orbit, they are intercepted by a USAF fighter. When the ship's tractor beam destroys the aircraft, they beam the pilot aboard. When the pilot, Captain Christopher, compliments Kirk on the advanced nature of the Enterprise Kirk smiles proudly and declares :
Kirk :
|'There are only a dozen like her in the fleet.'
Some take this to mean that there were twelve constitution class ships in Starfleet, some assume that it means there are thirteen - the Enterprise and twelve more like it. As we can see above, the creators of the show favoured the former.
Canonically speaking, eight of the twelve Constitution class ships were positively identified by an actual visual sighting on screen during TOS :
USS Enterprise : Seen throughout TOS.
USS Constellation : Seen in the episode 'The Doomsday Machine', this vessel was wrecked by the alien planetkiller and later destroyed by Kirk.
USS Defiant : Seen in 'The Tholian Web', the ship was lost in interphase space.
USS Excalibur : This was one of the vessels which took part in the wargames with the M5 equipped Enterprise. The ship was badly damaged and its entire crew killed.
USS Hood : This was one of the vessels which took part in the wargames with the M5 equipped Enterprise. The ship survived the exercise intact.
USS Lexington : This was one of the vessels which took part in the wargames with the M5 equipped Enterprise. The ship took heavy damage but remained operational.
USS Potemkin : This was one of the vessels which took part in the wargames with the M5 equipped Enterprise. The ship survived the exercise intact.
USS Exeter : This ship was seen in orbit of the planet Omega IV. The crew was killed by a disease, but the ship remained intact and would presumably be salvaged afterwards.
If we proceed on the basis that any ship described specifically as a Starship is also a Constitution class vessel, we can fill in some of the missing slots :
USS Farragut : In the episode 'Obsession', Kirk says he served upon the Farragut eleven years ago. At that time a strange cloud-creature killed the captain and 200 others, which Spock describes as 'nearly half the crew'. The Farragut therefore carried a crew of more than 400. This is an excellent match for the Enterprise crew figure of 430, making the Farragut an excellent candidate for being a Constitution class.
During 'Obsession', Kirk's crew encounters the same cloud creature he met eleven years ago and relieves a young officer for hesitating before firing on it. McCoy discusses this decision with him :
Kirk :
|'Ensign Garrovick is a ship command decision. You're straying out of your field Doctor.'
McCoy :
|'Am I? I was speaking of Lieutenant James T. Kirk, of the Starship Farragut.'
McCoy's use of the word 'Starship' makes the Farragut's status as a Constitution class as close to canon as we can come.
USS Republic : In 'Court Martial', Kirk describes an incident which took place early in his career :
Kirk :
|'We were assigned to the same ship some years later. I relieved him on watch once. I found a circuit open to the atomic matter piles once that should have been closed. Another five minutes, it could have blown up the ship.'
Computer :
|'Ship nomenclature - specify.'
Kirk :
|'United starship Republic, number 1371'.
As with the Farragut, the Republic is identified as a Starship at a time when the term Starship referred only to Constitution class vessels.
USS Intrepid : This ship is stationed at Starbase 11 in 'Court Martial', where repairs on it are suspended in favour of the Enterprise. The ship also features in 'The Immunity Syndrome', where it is destroyed by a space borne entity. The ship has an all-Vulcan crew, and Spock feels their deaths telepathically when the ship is lost. Although normally Vulcans are limited to telepathic contact only with those in close proximity, Spock says that he could feel the minds of '400 Vulcans' as they died even over the great distance between them :
Spock :
|'Captain... the Intrepid... it just died. With four hundred Vulcans aboard - all dead.'
Although the Enterprise has a crew of some 430, in 'The Ultimate Computer' Kirk - appalled at the prospect of the M5 attacking four Constitution class ships - states that 'twelve hundred' men and women could be killed. This indicates that either the normal crew of a Constitution class is 400 and the Enterprise carries an extra 30 crew members for some reason, or that Kirk just tends to round the 430 down to 400 sometimes. Either way, the crew numbers for the Intrepid are certainly close enough to those of the Enterprise to indicate that it is a Constitution class ship, although this cannot be considered certain.
If the Farragut, Republic and Intrepid are indeed Constitution classes, then we have identified eleven of the twelve ships in service during TOS. In TNG it appears that the class name comes from the first ship built of the class, i.e. the USS Excelsior was the first of the Excelsior class and so on. If so, then the twelfth Constitution class vessel should be the USS Constitution itself. This would relegate the USS Yorktown mentioned in 'Obsession' to being some other type of ship.
USS Yorktown : 'Obsession' also mentions this vessel, which is waiting for the Enterprise to meet it so that supplies of a vaccine can be transferred. No further information is given on the ship, and it is never described as a Starship. Some sources claim that Roddenberry intended the Enterprise-A to be a renaming of the USS Yorktown; this is not canon, but certainly the build time for the E-A would be remarkably short if it was a brand new ship. If Roddenberry's statement were true then the USS Yorktown from TOS is more likely to have been a Starship, though this would still not be certain.
The Original Series Technical Manual
Another book written with the co-operation and support of Gene Roddenberry was the Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph. Gene would later have something of a falling out with Mr. Joseph, and moved Trek in a direction that over-ruled much of the information in the book. But the Tech Manual remains a window into Gene's thinking during the period immediately after the original series.
The book describes the Constitution class ships as 'Class I heavy cruisers' and as 'Mark IX class' ships. It claims that there were four production runs of these ships :
|The following ships of the MK-IX class were authorized by the original articles of federation of stardate 0965:
The following ships of the MK-IXA class were authorized by the star fleet appropriation of stardate 3220:
The following replacements for the constitution class were authorized by star fleet appropriation of stardate 4444:
The following ships of the MK-IXB class were authorized by the star fleet appropriation of stardate 5930:
*class ship. **lost in the line of duty. All names preceded with 'U.S.S'.
Some aspects of the chart work well with canon - the NCC numbers for the Enterprise, Constellation and Republic all match the canonically established numbers. Other aspects are more problematic - the list identifies the USS Yorktown as a Constitution class ship, and claims that the first production was of 14 ships rather than twelve. One way around this problem is to suggest that the Constitutions were still being built during the time of TOS. We know that the Enterprise was in service at least as early as 2254, since this is the date of the original pilot episode 'The Cage'. Kirk's line that there were twelve starships in the fleet comes in the year 2267, while the mention of the USS Yorktown comes on the following year. So we could assume that Kirk was correct that there were twelve ships in the fleet as of 2267, and that the USS Yorktown, Kongo and Valiant entered service afterwards.
Another problem is that the USS Defiant is missing from the list completely. I can see no way to reconcile this with the canonical presence of the Defiant in 'The Tholian Web'.
If we take the twelve ships already established as Constitutions and add the Yorktown, Kongo and Valiant then we arrive at a total initial production run of fifteen, rather than the fourteen suggested above.
The second and fourth production runs are actually listed as being variants of the Constitutions - Mark IXA and IXB rather than simple Mark IX. Each has a class ship named, the USS Bonhomme Richard and the USS Achernar. The intent seems to be that these two batches are also 'Type I cruisers' with broadly similar capabilities to the Constitution class ships, but that there are differences between them. Just how different they may be is not specified.
|USS Enterprise
|Existence canon. Survived TOS.
|Throughout TOS
|USS Constellation
|Existence canon. Wrecked by the Doomsday Machine; destroyed by Kirk.
|'The Doomsday Machine'
|USS Defiant
|Existence canon. Lost in interphase space.
|'The Tholian Web'
|USS Excalibur
|Existence canon. Badly damaged by M-5; entire crew killed.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Hood
|Existence canon. Survived TOS.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Lexington
|Existence canon. Damaged by M-5; remained operational.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Potemkin
|Existence canon. Survived TOS.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Exeter
|Existence canon. Crew killed, ship intact.
|'The Omega Glory'
|USS Farragut
|Canonically identified as a Starship.
|USS Republic
|Canonically identified as a Starship.
|'Court Martial'
|USS Intrepid
|Crew of 400 indicates that this vessel may be a Starship.
|'The Immunity Syndrome'
|USS Yorktown
|TOS TM. Existence of ship is canon, but not Starship status - though Roddenberry quote concerning E-A formerly being Yorktown could indicate that it was a Starship.
Would have entered service in late 2267 or early 2268.
|USS Constitution
|TOS TM; existence implied by class name.
|USS Valiant
|TOS TM only. Would have entered service after late 2267.
|USS Kongo
|TOS TM only. Would have entered service after late 2267.
Of the fifteen potential Constitution class vessels, the first eight listed above are positively identified by onscreen sightings. Two more, the Farragut and Republic, are almost certainly Constitutions. The USS Constitution is also almost certain to exist. The Intrepid is a strong possibility, while the timeline would allow the Yorktown to be considered a Constitution class if we assume a continual building program during TOS. The Valiant and Kongo are rather weak candidates for Constitution status, but again could have been built after Kirk's 'twelve like her in the fleet' comment.
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